Compliance

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), US Supreme Court justices argued amongst themselves over the government's role in...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Failing a last minute respite, the long anticipated lawsuit between one of the UK's largest pension funds and a leading fund manager could...

September 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it rains, it pours, they say -- and the nation's largest employer finds itself presented with yet another employee-based lawsuit.

August 24, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal court has ordered Ameritech to pay $175.7 million to 17,000 retired workers whose lump sum pension benefits were miscalculated.

July 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT), Chairman, Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, has announced that the subcommittee will hold...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a surprising move, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson today announced the HHS health information privacy regulations will go into...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After agreeing to halt the genetic testing of its employees, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has pledged to advocate against genetic screening in...

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congressmen Rob Portman (R-Oh) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) will re-introduce pension reform legislation in the House of Representatives March 14.

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Third Circuit has reinstated for trial the claims of some 20,000 Unisys retirees, which had been dismissed by the district court in...

December 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's social security commission on Tuesday submitted three proposals to allow younger workers to invest part of their Social Security assets in...

October 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order temporarily easing restrictions on share buy back programs will expire tomorrow and will not be renewed,...

October 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Financial Services Committee approved, on a voice vote, legislation extending the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the face...

June 23, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The House Ways and Means Committee has deferred action on a retirement security bill after the July 4th congressional recess. A number of...

June 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The passage of President Bush's tax package provides added incentives for residents of Mississippi to invest in the Mississippi Affordable College Savings Program...

May 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Securities' plan to retain employees through its deferred compensation program may backfire if former employees are successful in a suit against the...

May 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former AT&T account representative's three-day bout with the flu was protected as a "serious health condition" requiring "continuing treatment" under the Family...

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A worker who was "regarded as" disabled for a period of time - but was not disabled - cannot sue for a violation...

January 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a move that has implications for executive benefit programs, the IRS has issued interim guidance on the tax treatment of split-dollar life...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The drastic fall of Enron Corp. and its ill effects on the company's rank-and-file employees is on the minds of many members in...

December 22, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced a number of changes that affect how it pays benefits to participants.